DONKIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container--the first tin can (1768-1855)

Synonyms:

Bryan Donkin; Donkin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

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